Very valuable lesson. I don't know why I was never taught in any of my French classes back in grade school, that the letters O and E actually go together in some words. I've been learning French for years and I was aware of this only a week ago.
Hi,Alexa This lesson is an example of what sets you apart from all other French teachers on TH-cam. You teach us all the different aspects of the French language. Conversation, Grammar and Phonetics. In other words, Nous t'aimons!
@@kurapatisreenivas4240 I said this two years ago when I was new at French but now that I've been studying it and watching French language movies I can hear it different now. I've grown with Alexa's help! :)
Une fille avec qui je suis allé à l'école, avait un œil bleu et un œil marron. (A girl I went to school with, had one blue eye and one brown eye.) Je ne comprends pas l'œuvre de Picasso, ni aucun art moderne. Je suis un philistin. (I do not understand the works of Picasso, or any modern art. I am a philistine.) Ma sœur ne mange pas de bœuf, ou toute viande, mais elle mange des produits laitiers et des œufs. (My sister does not eat beef, or any meat, but she eats dairy and eggs.) J'ai beaucoup à apprendre par cœur. Je souhaite que j'avais une meilleure mémoire. (I have a lot to learn by heart. I wish I had a better memory.) "Un œil" sounds a bit like the English word 'annoy'. Merci Alexa, et meilleurs vœux. (Thank you Alexa, and best wishes.)
Thank you so much. I love the way you teach and help us. That sound "œ" is so difficult, specially in œil and even more in œufs. So frustrating. Kind regards from El Salvador.
2:58 : the real pronunciation is not "Z'yeux", but "Yeux". We usually say "Z" because it's a plural word involving TWO eyes, yes we are humans :) So we pronounce the "liaison" with the S (deS_yeux, leS_yeux, eyes) and the X (deuX_yeux, two eyes). But, if we are talking about "a pair of eyes", the correct pronunciation is "une paire d'yeux" and not "une paire de Z'yeux". it's a common mistake made by the french themselves, so common that it's not really a mistake anymore, but almost the "right way" to say it. We even have the verb "zyeuter" which means : to take a look to observe (this verb is clearly created with the word Z'yeux). We have an expression, literally it is : "to look at each other between four eyes" [applies to a discussion with a person in private, without witnesses, face to face.] There is no S at the end of quatre (four), so the correct pronunciation should be "Se regarder entre quatre yeux". But it is accepted and almost everyone says "Se regarder entre quatre Zyeux", We even say it faster this way "Se regarder entre Quat'Z'yeux".
You are right , they were never taught that , they were taught the o and e are separate. I found that in an old French dictionary that had them together.
Had some fun trying to pronounce Oeuf- egg (should have said des oeufs )in Intermarche supermarket in Bugue Dordogne last week when I was after some eggs. Anyhow French attendant understood me after showing word on my phone, thanks to google translate . Its my Welsh accent, does not help. I am glad of this video to point me in right direction. Merci Alexa x
I really appreciate these pronunciation videos! I speak English and Spanish as my native language. So I don't have this sound in Spanish either. Thank you so much, I do appreciate it!.
Hey there Alexa, thank you very much for this œ pronunciation sound. I'm hoping in the near future if you are going to do a grammar category for advanced level since I am having trouble with some of it. If you can then fabulous. Salut et à bientôt Alexa :). Bisou bisou.
Bonjour Ma cher soeur. Ce son est également très serviable merci beaucoup au revoir! a bientot, bisou, bisou, I have learned all the above french from you dear sister and still learning. Thank you my sweet sister. Best regards Samir waiting for other sounds
There is one word that I know of with oe digraph in the English language "phoenix" though often spelled with them apart the correct way is to join them.... Love your videos... biz
The digraph exists in some words in english, but the o is often omitted, like in oesophagus, oestrogen etc. It's also pronounced differently, with an "eh" sound
Hi. Alexa in your "oe" together video you seem to be saying for un oeuf it sounds like you pronounce it with an "a" on the end of it and then you pronounce it in the sentence ma soeur veut un oeuf without the "a"sound on the end of oeuf, please can you explain the correct pronunciation merci beaucoup bisou,bisou Lol.
I don't think it is an A sound. I think the sound is just the full pronunciation of the French 'F' (which sounds like ' éfe '). You can use the free online Collins Dictionary to check sounds - I always use it when I listen to French videos to practice the pronunciation with the international phonetic alphabet.
I kinda love how barbarically fancy "œ" sounds lol... almost as much as I love how the French annunciation of "an eye" ("un œil") is the same as the English word "annoy".. if a French person overheard me telling someone "you annoy me" (which I do quite often as I tend to find most ppl very annoying lol) they'd probably think I was some crazy person demanding someone to give me there eyeball.
There is a mistake (more of an omission, actually) here. 'œ' is pronounced 'é' when it is NOT followed by a vowel: œsophage, Œdipe, œdème (till recently), œstrogène, œnologie, etc...
Yes I am, and wiktionary gives my pronunciation first (and now it gives the other one because everyone makes the mistake). You can also see it with "phœnix", which is written "phénix" in French.
I say "pénix" but write it "phœnix". But everyone says "eu..." and not "é..." for most of the words, even my former French teachers (I'm French) when studying Œdipe for example
why is *oeuf* sometimes pronounced without the F sound? how should i pronounce it? what's the most common way? and how do you they pronounce it in paris? merci d'avance
Hi, your videos are awesome! I just subscribed. I got a question: What is the difference in the pronunciation between SŒUR and BEURRE? I watched both videos and to me the sound is the same. Thanks!
I'm just a beginner but as far as I understand this video is not about the sound "Œ" as the title says but rather the letter "Œ". You didn't mention any other words with the same sound but a different spelling like "serveur". I imagine their number is much bigger.
Πlooks like the end of pencil with eraser.
Or a headlight signal on a car
oh true
Or a chair but sideways
Cant unsee
Ugh it fucking does
Why do French people never eat more than one egg? Because one egg is un œuf! Boom boom 💥
Haggy58 hahaha
:) lol
Wow. 🤣🔫
Enough 😂😂😂
Oof
Very valuable lesson. I don't know why I was never taught in any of my French classes back in grade school, that the letters O and E actually go together in some words. I've been learning French for years and I was aware of this only a week ago.
it's fairly uncommon and nobody cares if you don't use it
@@Ryanaireee , Is it a diphthong by definition?..... or is it that even time o and e is near each other it must be joined?
big deal to us. not to them. like no one goes around stressing to french the “th” sound. even tho..:th is way more relevant.
Hi,Alexa This lesson is an example of what sets you apart from all other French teachers on TH-cam. You teach us all the different aspects of the French language. Conversation, Grammar and Phonetics. In other words, Nous t'aimons!
Hello, Is it a diphthong by definition?..... or is it that even time o and e is near each other it must be joined?
I really enjoy your site, I just discovered it recently and have learned a lot. My french pronunciation has really improved.
This one and "ø" are my favorite sounds in French. 'Peur' is one of my favorite words, I just like the way this word sounds.
"Un oeuf" sounds like the French number nine. I'm totally confused!
Neuf?
Ha
@@kurapatisreenivas4240 I said this two years ago when I was new at French but now that I've been studying it and watching French language movies I can hear it different now. I've grown with Alexa's help! :)
@@Justme77400 okay I'll also be like u after few days. Then I'll able to understand the difference.
@@kurapatisreenivas4240 Your ear grows more familiar with the sounds of the French language the more you listen to it. Be patient.
Une fille avec qui je suis allé à l'école, avait un œil bleu et un œil marron.
(A girl I went to school with, had one blue eye and one brown eye.)
Je ne comprends pas l'œuvre de Picasso, ni aucun art moderne. Je suis un philistin.
(I do not understand the works of Picasso, or any modern art. I am a philistine.)
Ma sœur ne mange pas de bœuf, ou toute viande, mais elle mange des produits laitiers et des œufs.
(My sister does not eat beef, or any meat, but she eats dairy and eggs.)
J'ai beaucoup à apprendre par cœur. Je souhaite que j'avais une meilleure mémoire.
(I have a lot to learn by heart. I wish I had a better memory.)
"Un œil" sounds a bit like the English word 'annoy'.
Merci Alexa, et meilleurs vœux.
(Thank you Alexa, and best wishes.)
Thank you so much. I love the way you teach and help us. That sound "œ" is so difficult, specially in œil and even more in œufs. So frustrating. Kind regards from El Salvador.
1:13 "can you say that? trè bien" lol
Gamestop employee: I'm sorry, sir.
French transgender nun: Excusez moi, c'est SOEUR!
Gamestop employee: Yeah, that's what I said.
*Excuse-moi,* c’est *sœur!* (mistakes in bold)
F R E N C H T R A N S G E N D E R N U N
@@SoujiOkitaTwo Excusez works too
I'm worried about writing it on paper than the sound xD Thank you :)
Bœuf is another one!
œuvre=obra (spanish for work) Just realized this...it makes it easier to rember the meaning of œvre for bilingual speakers.
œuvre=opera (italian for work) This makes it very easy to remember indeed.
Can you send me a long course because you are a good teacher.
Bonjour Patrick, the full course is available at learnfrenchwithalexa.com :)
The first 5 second is enough to know how pronunciate "oe" in french, Thank you :D
2:58 : the real pronunciation is not "Z'yeux", but "Yeux".
We usually say "Z" because it's a plural word involving TWO eyes, yes we are humans :)
So we pronounce the "liaison" with the S (deS_yeux, leS_yeux, eyes) and the X (deuX_yeux, two eyes).
But, if we are talking about "a pair of eyes", the correct pronunciation is "une paire d'yeux" and not "une paire de Z'yeux".
it's a common mistake made by the french themselves, so common that it's not really a mistake anymore, but almost the "right way" to say it.
We even have the verb "zyeuter" which means : to take a look to observe (this verb is clearly created with the word Z'yeux).
We have an expression, literally it is : "to look at each other between four eyes" [applies to a discussion with a person in private, without witnesses, face to face.]
There is no S at the end of quatre (four), so the correct pronunciation should be "Se regarder entre quatre yeux".
But it is accepted and almost everyone says "Se regarder entre quatre Zyeux", We even say it faster this way "Se regarder entre Quat'Z'yeux".
amazing French teacher Alexa☺☺☺☺❤❤❤❤
Is it common to separate the n and the s from un and des and pronounce them on the next word as she does here: 2:40?
i'm neither french nor english but i'm understanding very well. you explain well :) thank you
You are right , they were never taught that , they were taught the o and e are separate. I found that in an old French dictionary that had them together.
Thank you so much for this video Alexa!
Everton Douglas 😜
Had some fun trying to pronounce Oeuf- egg (should have said des oeufs )in Intermarche supermarket in Bugue Dordogne last week when I was after some eggs. Anyhow French attendant understood me after showing word on my phone, thanks to google translate . Its my Welsh accent, does not help. I am glad of this video to point me in right direction. Merci Alexa x
01:28 -- "there is another very common verb..."
In English, "egg" is a noun, not a verb.
In english, egg can be a verb also.
I really appreciate these pronunciation videos! I speak English and Spanish as my native language. So I don't have this sound in Spanish either. Thank you so much, I do appreciate it!.
Ivaaahn spanish has 5 vowel sounds, english 36, this is why most latinos have problems with words like beach and bitch.
@@Inaworldoflove You don't have 36 voweld, thst's ludicrous, maybe twelve or a little less
Parabéns Alexa, você explica muito bem!
Wow! What a teacher!... Merci Beaucoup!
Thank you very much 😍 It was very useful. 🙏🏻🌹
Amazing teacher!!!!
Does it sound like English "SIR"? I have a problem with R sound at the end.
This was awesome..thanks Alexa...
She teaches amazing she is superb
Hey there Alexa, thank you very much for this œ pronunciation sound. I'm hoping in the near future if you are going to do a grammar category for advanced level since I am having trouble with some of it. If you can then fabulous. Salut et à bientôt Alexa :). Bisou bisou.
Très bien expliqué ! :)
great video.
Your lessons are very helpful! Mercì beaucop!
Jiminiee
Merci beaucoup.
Very good Madame , I love you , awesome class !!
Bonjour Ma cher soeur.
Ce son est également très serviable merci beaucoup
au revoir! a bientot, bisou, bisou,
I have learned all the above french from you dear sister and still learning.
Thank you my sweet sister.
Best regards
Samir
waiting for other sounds
thank you for all of your leçons you are amazing I hope I can get franchophone soon :D
There is one word that I know of with oe digraph in the English language "phoenix" though often spelled with them apart the correct way is to join them.... Love your videos... biz
The digraph exists in some words in english, but the o is often omitted, like in oesophagus, oestrogen etc. It's also pronounced differently, with an "eh" sound
I literally was gonna ask you to do this TODAY LOL
Ma cousine aime manger d'œuf 😊
C'est vraiement super !
I love her lesssons! So good! Très bon!
Merci ma professeur pratique, pratique. À plus!
I'll learn french! It's my dream!
Everton Douglas lolz
oe
Did you do it? Lol
i like you! thank you for your lesson!
Finally😅😅😅 'oe' decoded thx Alexa,,,🎊🎊🎊🎊
thanks.
Merci beaucoup
"We don't have many words with this okay, but if you encounter it, Œœœ, you will notice it"
Hi. Alexa in your "oe" together video you seem to be saying for un oeuf it sounds like you pronounce it with an "a" on the end of it and then you pronounce it in the sentence ma soeur veut un oeuf without the "a"sound on the end of oeuf, please can you explain the correct pronunciation merci beaucoup bisou,bisou Lol.
I don't think it is an A sound. I think the sound is just the full pronunciation of the French 'F' (which sounds like ' éfe ').
You can use the free online Collins Dictionary to check sounds - I always use it when I listen to French videos to practice the pronunciation with the international phonetic alphabet.
Hi.Alexa alor it must be my "Geordie"accent then d'accord. Merci beaucoup. bisou bisou.
G
UN ŒUF sounds like a nine in French.
pause at 0:05
I kinda love how barbarically fancy "œ" sounds lol... almost as much as I love how the French annunciation of "an eye" ("un œil") is the same as the English word "annoy".. if a French person overheard me telling someone "you annoy me" (which I do quite often as I tend to find most ppl very annoying lol) they'd probably think I was some crazy person demanding someone to give me there eyeball.
merci beaucoup ☺☺☺
Words that have œ that I know so far are: sœur, œufs, œuvre, cœur,œil,
Thanks! Luckily we have this sound in norwegian ;) but where to find it in the dictionary?
I mean the french letter "oe", where is it? It's not in the alphabet? So if you want to look up "oeuf", ou est il? :)
Sonja Sellami You'll look at the letter O
Sonja Sellami
Just looked it up. It was indeed under O. It is simply treated as if it was spelt with an OE rather than an Œ.
The eggs(Des oeufs) are very difficult to say!
When Gestapo wanted to punish someone at Auschwitz، eggs were used(: OE
Hamed kaabi
How?
It's the schwa sound. It also exists in English.
which video is the one with the pencil in your mouth? i needa learn that !
Josh L
How to pronounce the rolling R sound.
Bravo!
Could you please tell me if you have any more advanced lessons? becuse i have finished all of them up to number 95
Thank you☺
Even some native French Canadian speakers are not aware of this.
There is a mistake (more of an omission, actually) here. 'œ' is pronounced 'é' when it is NOT followed by a vowel: œsophage, Œdipe, œdème (till recently), œstrogène, œnologie, etc...
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong....
Where am I wrong?
Maybe it was the case many years ago, but I have never heard anybody pronounce the words you listed with an "é" sound.
Are you a native speaker ?
Yes I am, and wiktionary gives my pronunciation first (and now it gives the other one because everyone makes the mistake). You can also see it with "phœnix", which is written "phénix" in French.
I say "pénix" but write it "phœnix".
But everyone says "eu..." and not "é..." for most of the words, even my former French teachers (I'm French) when studying Œdipe for example
You made me fall in love with French .. thank you so very much.. you rock😊
very fun lesson
Merci !
The most of sounds in french exist in portuguese so is a kind of easy to learn the sounds.
if i speak spanish that can help me to learn french ? or i need talk inglish?
well... you'd have to learn English first...
why is *oeuf* sometimes pronounced without the F sound? how should i pronounce it? what's the most common way? and how do you they pronounce it in paris? merci d'avance
דן אפריאט
œuf is always pronounced with the F sound.
And the plural: œufs is always pronounced without.
We using this sound in turkish but we usins "Ö" , "ö" for "Œ"
So in the word "œufs" do you say just the "œ" or there's a little "f" at the end of the word?
Hi, your videos are awesome! I just subscribed. I got a question: What is the difference in the pronunciation between SŒUR and BEURRE? I watched both videos and to me the sound is the same. Thanks!
same prononciation...différent spelling...good luck
krisy
sounds like the swedish "Ö"
That’s because vikings invaded france
You are so likeable Alexa! :)
Great videos! ;)
It is short e with lips rounded. Say "eh" as in "rest" with lips rounded.
Hello Allexa,
Thank you for this video :-) Could you also please make a video explaining the words... this these, that, your, yours :-) Merci
Is this different from the sound "eu" in peu and "eur" in peur?
It would be nice to communicate with your students.
nice.
Is it any different than pronunciation of more open "eu" as you described it?
Same question,oh God they all sound exactly the same 😴
Hi! What is the proper way to say "my heart is yours" in French?
I'm just a beginner but as far as I understand this video is not about the sound "Œ" as the title says but rather the letter "Œ". You didn't mention any other words with the same sound but a different spelling like "serveur". I imagine their number is much bigger.
Hello,Is it a diphthong by definition?..... or is it that even time o and e is near each other it must be joined?
why does the liason not happen between veut & un not sure? merci Alexa.
john george Murr
Because the 't' is not pronounced?
0:45 Uhhhhh
Uhf
Can anyone explain to me how œur is different from eur? I can't notice any difference at all😣
I am having problem viewing this video the "oe" one.. The rest of the playlist works fine. Is it only me?
Is there another link that I should try?
Boeuf is another word.
how do we write it?
Perfect
1:27 she said œuf was a verb
OMG yes I do say this !!! I am so sorry, it was missed in post production! We are usually on it but obviously not this time ! :)
Sounds like "uh" in English.
œ 🇨🇵 ➡️ ö 🇹🇷
Does that sound have 1 or 2 pronunciations?
What about FRENCH Æ
I get so confused when I try to difference this sound with the "e" sound, so I'm here... I have a practice in 10 minutes, wish me luck >.
it's the same sound don't trip🤣
It basically sounds like the same as this letter: ø.
Ø is a Norwegian and danish letter.
Qui regarde ça mais est déjà français un œuf
what about antarctic? bœte means boat in antarctic.
Ohh Alexa....!! Vous faites moi heureux... je t'aime tres beaucoup
Alisha Abraham
Tu me rends heureux.
Je t'aime beaucoup.
Beaucoup = very much (so très not needed).
Merci beaucoup!